Karin’s Accomplishments

International

Expo 2000 World Fair Canadian Pavilion (Hannover, Germany) - Inuit cultural presentation (3 months)
First Canadian Arts Festival (Scotsdale, Arizona, USA)
Katuaq Culture Centre (Nuuk, Greenland) - Inuit Circumpolar Conference

National

Folk on the Rocks Music Festival (Yellowknife, NWT)
Jubilee Theatre (Calgary, AB) - National Aboriginal Achievement Awards
Kuujjuaq Forum (Kuujjuaq, QC) - Aqpik Jam
Katittavik Town Hall (Kuujjuaq, QC) - Inuit Circumpolar Conference closing ceremony
Throat Singing Conference CD Launch (Chisasibi, QC)

Regional

Air Canada Hangar (Toronto, ON) - Unveiling of Air Canada’s Aboriginal logo
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada Post, Aviation Museum (Ottawa, ON) - National Aboriginal Day
Centrepointe Theatre (Ottawa, ON) - Choonga-Changa’s musical “A Taste of Our Canadian Heritage”
Congress Centre (Ottawa, ON) - International Conference of Women Engineers & Scientists
Lansdowne Park (Ottawa, ON) - Ottawa 67′s hockey game
Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) - Canada Day’s “Thrill on the Hill” Pre-show
Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) - Senator Watt’s 25th Anniversary
Spectrum Centre (Montreal, QC) - Soltices

OTHER

Raised money for two throat singing workshops with youth from Aupaluk and Elders from Puvirnituq in the spring of 2000.
Conducted throat singing and drum dancing workshops in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Tasiujaq, Aupaluk, Kangirsuk, and Umiujaq, Nunavik, QC.
Helped organize the first-ever Throat Singing Gathering in Puvirnituq, Nunavik, QC in 2001
Chairperson of the Inuit Throat Singing Association since September 2001.
Taught drum dancing and throat singing to Labrador youth in Nain, NL in November 2003.
Teaching youth from Kangiqsualujjuaq throat singing and drum dancing by video conferencing through a National Research Council pilot project since January 2004